Articles by Emma McRae
Gun found in student’s backpack at Henderson Ward Stewart
Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District is increasing law enforcement presence on the Henderson Ward Stewart campus this week after a gun was found Tuesday in a student’s backpack.
Good Samaritan Clinic looks to expand free health care services
When the Good Samaritan Clinic opened in 2001 to provide medical care to uninsured patients in Lowndes County, it was thriving.
Loss in federal funding threatens CMSD pre-K program
Columbus Municipal School District trustees face a critical decision about the future of its prekindergarten program after learning federal Head Start funding will soon be unavailable to the district.
Human-mimicking petri dishes earn top marks at MSU Startup Summit
Before pharmaceutical drugs are tested on human subjects, they are tested on human cells in petri dishes.
Hundreds expected Thursday for 14th annual National Day of Prayer
For a 14th year, prayers and people will return to the Lowndes County Courthouse lawn on Thursday to observe the National Day of Prayer.
High school carpentry students give disabled hunters easier access to the outdoors
When Starkville High School junior Michael Sullivan learned his carpentry class would be building a mobile hunting shelter to help special needs and disabled people enjoy the outdoors, he thought of his sister and how often she encounters places that aren’t made for her.
Community connections key to crime prevention
Everything you know about crime, why it happens and how it can be stopped is probably a carefully filtered illusion.
New hub at W to bring early learning to ‘next level’
What began as a grassroots effort to support early childhood education in Lowndes County is now becoming a centralized initiative at the Mississippi University for Women, where the Center for Education is launching a program aimed at using data to create long-term impacts on child development.
Miller argues investment over relocation for MSMS
If the state legislature meets for a special-call session next month after failing to pass a budget, Mississippi University for Women President Nora Miller doesn’t expect a decision on whether to relocate the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science will be made.
CMSD board hopes to have interim superintendent selected by May meeting
With Superintendent Stanley Ellis’ resignation officially approved, the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees hopes to have an interim superintendent tapped by its May meeting.
Community Profile: From childhood curiosity to fossil expert
Before he was curating fossils at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, George Phillips was a boy searching for rocks on his family farm a couple miles east of Artesia.
Hull Group claims no responsibility in stalled tax incentive deal for mall renovation
A stalled $3 million tax incentive deal for the former Leigh Mall and the missing sales data it hinges on has the Golden Triangle Development LINK and Hull Property Group blaming each other for who is responsible.
Ellis leaving CMSD superintendent role for job in Delta
Stanley Ellis will be leaving his position as superintendent of Columbus Municipal School District at the end of this school year.
Four injured in Hwy 82 wreck, one airlifted
Four people were hospitalized Wednesday after two cars traveling in the left westbound lane on Highway 82 collided.
Local rapper’s lyrics, social media lead to drug bust
A Brooksville man who rapped about selling drugs on Maple Street is now behind bars – for allegedly selling drugs on Maple Street.
Homeless student services getting cut due to new ESSER rule
With the U.S. Department of Education abruptly moving its spending deadline for pandemic relief funds, the state faces potentially losing $137 million in funds, including money already allocated to local districts.
Abandoned puppies with parvo prompt two-week closure of Moncrief Dog Park
Dog owners will have to find a new place for their pups to play for at least two weeks, after the city on Friday announced Moncrief Dog Park will be temporarily closed following the discovery of two abandoned dogs at the park, which tested positive for parvovirus.
Ask The Dispatch: Why is Lowndes County creating a rail authority?
Lowndes County supervisors approved a resolution of intent last week to create a railroad authority, adding another tool to the county’s economic development toolbox.
